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The challenge now: To make every day Earth Day.

YESTERDAY

THINGS-TO-THINK-ABOUT WEDNESDAY, August 23:

  • TTTA Wednesday-ORIGINAL REPORTING: The IRA And The New Energy Boom
  • TTTA Wednesday-ORIGINAL REPORTING: The IRA And the EV Revolution
  • THE DAY BEFORE

  • Weekend Video: Coming Ocean Current Collapse Could Up Climate Crisis
  • Weekend Video: Impacts Of The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current Collapse
  • Weekend Video: More Facts On The AMOC
  • THE DAY BEFORE THE DAY BEFORE

    WEEKEND VIDEOS, July 15-16:

  • Weekend Video: The Truth About China And The Climate Crisis
  • Weekend Video: Florida Insurance At The Climate Crisis Storm’s Eye
  • Weekend Video: The 9-1-1 On Rooftop Solar
  • THE DAY BEFORE THAT

    WEEKEND VIDEOS, July 8-9:

  • Weekend Video: Bill Nye Science Guy On The Climate Crisis
  • Weekend Video: The Changes Causing The Crisis
  • Weekend Video: A “Massive Global Solar Boom” Now
  • THE LAST DAY UP HERE

    WEEKEND VIDEOS, July 1-2:

  • The Global New Energy Boom Accelerates
  • Ukraine Faces The Climate Crisis While Fighting To Survive
  • Texas Heat And Politics Of Denial
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    Founding Editor Herman K. Trabish

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    WEEKEND VIDEOS, June 17-18

  • Fixing The Power System
  • The Energy Storage Solution
  • New Energy Equity With Community Solar
  • Weekend Video: The Way Wind Can Help Win Wars
  • Weekend Video: New Support For Hydropower
  • Some details about NewEnergyNews and the man behind the curtain: Herman K. Trabish, Agua Dulce, CA., Doctor with my hands, Writer with my head, Student of New Energy and Human Experience with my heart

    email: herman@NewEnergyNews.net

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  • WEEKEND VIDEOS, August 24-26:
  • Happy One-Year Birthday, Inflation Reduction Act
  • The Virtual Power Plant Boom, Part 1
  • The Virtual Power Plant Boom, Part 2

    Friday, September 10, 2010

    THE NEW ENERGY MOMENT

    Climate Movement at the Crossroads
    Teryn Norris, September 7, 2010 (Huffington Post)

    "When future scholars document the history of global warming, one of the watershed years will almost surely be 2010…[because] climate advocates [missed] one of the best opportunities to achieve [emissions caps and an international treaty]…

    "…[I]t is clear that carbon caps in the U.S. and globally will not happen for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the IEA projects global CO2 emissions will skyrocket 40% above 2007 levels by 2030, and the EIA predicts China's emissions will more than double over the next 25 years - which would make its emissions greater than the rest of the world combined…The upcoming lame-duck session in Congress could be one of the last opportunities for national reform before 2013. There are a number of incremental proposals worth pushing…Some still hope for a Hail Mary lame-duck pass on cap and trade, but [Senate Majority Leader Reid recently said it is unlikely]…"


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    "But none of these alternative proposals contain…a dedicated revenue stream to fund major federal investment in clean energy research, development, demonstration, deployment, and manufacturing, as well as infrastructure and workforce development. The American Energy Innovation Council, including business titans like Bill Gates and John Doerr, has called for an increase of $11 billion per year in federal clean energy RD&D alone - an idea that could attract serious bipartisan support after mid-term elections. This proposal enjoys broad support from groups like Breakthrough Institute, Brookings Institution, Third Way, ITIF, and many others.

    "These investments are critical…If the price gap between dirty and clean energy technology isn't bridged quickly, the world has little chance of avoiding climate destabilization as countries like China and India develop at break-neck speed…[N]ow that [cap and trade is] off the table, we must find an alternative [revenue source such as] reduced fossil fuel subsidies, offshore drilling royalties, an oil import fee, a small fee on fossil fuel electricity…a low carbon tax beginning at $5 per ton…[or] a small fee on financial transactions…to fund the $100 billion international climate assistance package…and could be applied domestically to…support a new growth industry."


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    "…[T]he possibility of achieving a binding global emissions treaty at the upcoming UN climate negotiations in Cancun is all but gone…[requiring] more emphasis on alternative forums like the Clean Energy Ministerial and Major Economies Forum on Energy & Climate…[T]he world's technology policy leaders can break the logjam by identifying specific technical hurdles, creating coordinated technology roadmaps, and mobilizing the resources for rapid implementation.

    "Beyond the immediate future, climate and clean energy advocates should take the opportunity to fundamentally rethink [strategy]… [Abandon] major federal reform, or develop a stronger approach? …[C]ontinue focusing on carbon caps, or…[pursue] technological innovation to make clean energy cheaper? These are just some of the questions that will define the next agenda - and our energy and climate future."

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